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Yale Summer Session 2012 Summer Faculty Handbook JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL Yale employees complete Faculty salaries Faculty receive Book orders in, summer salary determined salary information syllabi submitted, confirmation forms classroom requests to Conference Services 2. Proposing new courses, course approval process Yale College and Yale Summer Session will send out an email in early September to faculty soliciting interest in teaching summer courses, both repeating and nonrepeating. Members of the faculty who are interested in teaching either a repeating summer session course or a new course should let their Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) know of their intent by October 10. If the proposed course has never been taught in the summer before, then s/he should also fill out a Course Proposal Form by October 10. The form is available here: http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/online-course-proposal-form-cpf Decisions are made by departments concerning their teaching and course loads, and should be finalized by November 1. The process for proposing new courses is in many ways similar to that used during the academic year (AY). The primary proponent for any new course is the instructor’s department. As with the AY, courses are sponsored by the department. The department’s director of undergraduate studies (DUS) should be consulted with regard to ideas for new courses or the wish to teach courses already offered by the department during the summer. In conjunction with the dean of YSS, the DUS can then determine what courses would best be suited to be offered during the summer. In the case of new course proposals, these, too, are handled through the DUS, as they are during the AY. The instructor must fill out a New Course Proposal Form online, have the DUS assign the course a number, and then have the DUS submit the proposal to the dean, YSS. Included with this course proposal should be a summer syllabus (for 5 weeks, or whatever the length of the course), and a CV for non-Yale faculty teaching at Summer Session for the first time (even if they have taught at Yale during the AY). This form should then be submitted online to YSS for final approval before it goes to Course of Study Committee (CSC). Yale Summer Session, not the departments or their DUSs, submits all new courses to committee. Courses are then reviewed and approved by CSC, with possible questions being raised and answered. The Yale faculty vote to approve the course, and it is then officially recognized for Yale College credit and can be included in the summer course list. Throughout this initial planning, it must be recognized that summer courses are regular Yale College courses for full credit. They must cover the same material that a similar course would cover during the fall or spring. It is understood that certain 10
Yale Summer Session 2012 Summer Faculty Handbook adjustments will be necessary based on the different structure of summer courses. These adjustments, while they may affect the reading list or assignments, must not in any way compromise the intellectual content and ultimate goals of the course. 3. Meeting Times The number of classroom hours a course meets during the summer should be the same as during the AY. Generally speaking, one-credit courses meet for 32.5 hours. To translate that into regular meeting times during a 5-week session, we have developed the following scheme for planning purposes: 2 DAYS PER WEEK 3 DAYS PER WEEK 5 DAYS PER WEEK SUMMER LANGUAGES T,TH M,W,F M-F M-F 3.25 hours each 2.25 hours each 1.25 hours each 3 hours each Most all humanities and social science courses should meet at least three times a week. It is felt that meeting twice a week, except in rare circumstances, is not adequate in terms of classroom interaction. The days a class meets are somewhat flexible although we try to stick to this scheme, as it allows us to maximize the use of the limited classroom space available, i.e. it reduces the amount of time a classroom is empty because it can’t be scheduled for any other class at an odd time. The meeting hours themselves are therefore also regularized in the following scheme: M,W,F T,TH M-F M-F, LANGUAGES 9-11:15 9-12:15 9-10:15 9-12 1-3:15 1-4:15 11-12:15 1-4 3:30-5:45 1-2:15 3-4:15 It is important to note that summer times are based on full 60-minute hours, not 50minute class times. For example, classes actually need to meet for 135 minutes three times per week, or 195 minutes twice per week, with appropriate breaks, of course. As is apparent from the chart above, evening times are normally not scheduled. These times are left open for film screenings and activities in the residential colleges. Finally, lab times, certain science courses, and other special courses, such as art courses or intensive workshops, may differ from the regular scheme. Requests for specific times should always be made to the dean well before the course description is published in the catalogue. Please do not change your course meeting days or times without first consulting with the dean. Changing the days or times of a course can create immense problems for students whose schedules are not as flexible as they would be during the academic year, since courses meet for longer periods at a time. 4. Syllabi Every course should have its syllabus available at Summer Session. New courses absolutely need to submit a syllabus specifically for the summer. It is clear how 11
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